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| ORML7460 | Environmental damages in harvesting operations | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Saliha ÜNVER | | Co-Lecturer | Asso. Prof. Saliha ÜNVER | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Learning of wood raw material production processes and available methods, learning determination criteria of damage severity and type to residual stand, sampling ans forest soil,
assessment to residual stand, To learn how to plan the wood production phase so as to minimize environmental damage |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Understand the stages of wood production and the main techniques and technologies used in these stages | 2,6 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Know the criteria for determining the type and intensity of the damages on residual trees, seedlings and forest soil of harvesting operations | 2,3 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 3 : | Ability to determine which type of damage may occur in which production process | 2,4,7 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 4 : | Decide the least harmful production technique to the environment for each production stages | 2,3 | 1,3,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Wood raw material stage in the production process, The techniques and technologies used in wood production phase, Evaluation of damage types, classification, and severity on the residual trees, stand and forest soils, Assessment of environmental damage techniques and technologies used the wood production stages with respect to each. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Wood production process | | | Week 2 | Techniques and technologies used in wood production | | | Week 3 | Effects of forestry operations on residual stand | | | Week 4 | Detection and classification of damage types on residual trees in wood production | | | Week 5 | Evaluation of the severity of damage to the residual trees | | | Week 6 | Detection and classification of damage types on saplings | | | Week 7 | Evaluation of the severity of damage to saplings | | | Week 8 | Homework presentation | | | Week 9 | Mid-Exam | | | Week 10 | Detection and classification of damage types on forest soil | | | Week 11 | Evaluation of the severity of damage to forest soil | | | Week 12 | The effects of the techniques used in the cutting-falling phase on the residual stand | | | Week 13 | Homework presentation | | | Week 14 | The effects of primer transport on the residual stand | | | Week 15 | Minimization of environmental damages in the wood production | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Bobik, M. 2008; Damages to Residual Stand in Commercial Thinnings, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, N0 127, 32p., Swedish. | | | |
| 1 | Winkler, N. 1999; Environmentally Sound Forest Infrastructure Development and Harvesting in Bhutan. Forest Harvesting Case-Study 12, FAO Forest Paper, 165p, Rome. | | | 2 | Meek, P., Plamondon, J.A. 1996; Effectiveness of Cut-to-Length Harvesting at Protecting Advance Regeneration, For. Eng. Res. Inst. Can. Technical Note, 242, 12 s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 7
11 | | 2 | | | Quiz | 13 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 13 | 52 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 12 | 36 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2.5 | 7 | 17.5 | | Arasınav | .5 | 1 | .5 | | Ödev | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 146 |
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